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Mexican Chicken Avocado Soup

December 9, 2009 # 2:59 am # Recipes # 2 Comments

Main Ingredients:
2lbs cut up chicken
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 green chilies , roasted and chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 large avocado, thinly sliced

Roasted Garlic Cream of Potato Soup

December 9, 2009 # 2:45 am # Recipes # One Comment

Main Ingredients:
1 onion, chopped
4 or 5 stalks chopped celery
2 or 3 chopped carrots
5 cloves garlic, roasted
1 cups heavy cream
4 potatoes, chopped into chunks

Saturday Soup Day

December 9, 2009 # 2:18 am # Cooking # One Comment
Saturday Soup Day

It’s sure is winter all of the sudden!  I’m not complaining…I actually prefer the cold.  Even though our house was built in 1893, it’s actually way better built than any home I’ve lived in before.  Multiple courses of brick and limestone protect us from the elements, fabulous cherub and decorative scroll work radiators chug away [...]

Memories of 2010…in advance

December 3, 2009 # 6:28 pm # Family # 7 Comments
Memories of 2010…in advance

We returned from our last trip to Siberia in late 2008. Making 2009 our first full year as a family at home with the Wee Kahunas. I haven’t really felt compelled to mark our court date  (the date we legally became the girls parents) nor the day in October that we flew home with the girls, [...]

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Pantry Check – 12/10/09

We're full on into winter here in Chicago - slushy snow falls from the sky at this very moment. This big OLD house has a bit of the drafty to it, the 115 year old radiators are chugging away (cherubs and scroll work are nice and hot to the touch) but it always help to crank up the ten burner stove and the two ovens when ever there is a good opportunity.

Check the post "Saturday Soup Day" for the four recipes and roasted Chicken that kept our house warm and toasty for the day and is keeping our tummies warm and toasty all week long with meals a plenty.

Check back soon!